On March 23rd, the Celtics were three games above .500, grinding their way towards another postseason — perhaps the final one for this core group. They were still fantastic defensively, a cohesive unit well-practiced in Tom Thibodeau’s system, but age had permeated the rotation and a fav[...]

Our guy Kevin Arnovitz hosted the NBA Today Podcast on ESPN today and was joined by Clippers Vice President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey. There’s some pretty interesting talk about how Chris Paul was acquired, the development of Blake Griffin, his reputation with fans and opponents aro[...]

I saw something recently when looking at individual number splits that excited me, everyone, and yes that means an entire post about my mind wanderings following the discovery. That discovery was that DeAndre Jordan is currently shooting 63.3% from the foul line since the All-Star break. His numbers[...]

Here’s an excerpt from Kevin Arnovitz’s piece from Oklahoma City that’s up on the Daily Dime at ESPN.com. To read the full piece (and some sweet action from Charlie Widdoes), check out the Dime here. OKLAHOMA CITY — “When Kevin Durant hit that 3, we were all so m[...]

There I go again trying to take credit for Michael Shagrin’s recap. Apologies. These are Michael’s thoughts. – D.J. This game will be talked about. It will be talked about a lot. So many narratives were eloquently parsed together in this game, from the ascension of the Clipp[...]